Jupka walked away southward, went to the creek, washed and swam. When he came out of the water, he grew very beautiful and large. He took then the stem of a wild rose-bush and went home; he went to the north side of the sweat-house. There he found the bodies of the Mapchemainas who had played with Hehku and lost. He gave each a blow of the rose-bush, and all came to life; all went to the sweat-house, not one was missing.
At dawn the dead Hehku began to move and sing. At clear daylight she stood up, struck Miniau with her right foot. That moment she rose up alive. The two women started for the rocky mountain. Hehku was raging. She was terribly angry because Jupka had beaten her.
“I had all,” said she, “but Jupka fooled me; now I have nothing.”
She grew so angry that she turned into a great head and bounded off to the east. She went a whole mile every jump she made. She screamed with rage and shouted as she went, and her sister Miniau (the fire-drill) kept pace with her.
Haka Kaina heard the noise and said, “I wonder what troubles Putokya to-day.”
THE FIRST BATTLE IN THE WORLD AND THE MAKING OF THE YANA
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